Best Ever Albums

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:35:33 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 05/18/2026 16:35

Had the listening session today. As you would expect everyone agreed that it’s a classic of the highest order.

A few dissenting voices around some tracks, Bitch for example, but overall, few people found fault with the album

Next album up is

Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) by Rod Stewart

See separate thread for more on that

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Tue, 12 May 2026 01:25:41 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 05/12/2026 05:25

roberto71 wrote:

I feel the same way about this one as I do Exile on Main Street. I only like some of it, maybe about half. And I think the best song is Bitch.

That's fair enough roberto. 50% isn't too bad.

Just out of interest, what would be your favourite Stones album? The one that you couldn't do without

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

roberto71 — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:10:53 GMT

Author: roberto71

Posted: 05/11/2026 20:10

I feel the same way about this one as I do Exile on Main Street. I only like some of it, maybe about half. And I think the best song is Bitch.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Sun, 10 May 2026 07:11:28 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 05/10/2026 11:11

To conclude;

The first Rolling Stones studio album to feature Mick Taylor and for me this is the best Stones line up.

With the occasional exception, this album returned to the basics of drums, guitar, bass, and percussion with keyboards and sax included on various tracks. This for me is the Stones happy place.

The album moves seamlessly from hard rock, blues, through elements of rock and roll to Americana / country. It’s a masterpiece of all the elements that made the Stones the greatest rock N rock band in the world and this is one of the greatest albums in history.

NME wrote that the album "captures the Stones bluesy swagger" in a "dark-land where few dare to tread". I like that description

David Hepworth, a favourite writer of mine wrote that the contributions of guest performers such as Keys, Jim Dickinson, and Preston gave the album "more musical range than any other Rolling Stones album", including "Dickinson's honky-tonk piano on 'Wild Horses'" and "Preston's churchy organ solo on 'I Got the Blues'". He also suggested that Taylor's "Latin-flavoured guitar solo" on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" was influenced by Santana's 1970 album Abraxas.

It’s my favourite Stones album of all time and is my second favourite album ever.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Sat, 9 May 2026 02:33:49 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 05/09/2026 06:33

Moonlight Mile

Great track to finish off a wonderful album.

A rather under-appreciated track IMO. It’s also the track with, some consider, was the start of the breakup of the best Stones line up as Mick T was not given credit for co-writing the song with Jagger. Quite justifiably, Mick T got a little p***ed about this and the split started

Great orchestration on this ballad and a lovely, laid back, almost surreal feel to it. A pretty epic track IMO

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Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Thu, 7 May 2026 04:35:41 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 05/07/2026 08:35

hadn't really considered whether the Stones might be the greatest atl.country act of all time. They would certainly be contenders and I'd love to see that compilation album as well. Some great pick there.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Romanelli — Wed, 6 May 2026 10:12:13 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 05/06/2026 14:12

Johnnyo wrote:

Dead Flowers

The Stones go Country Rock. Pretty much a warmup track for what was to come with Exile a couple of years later.

Not my favourite track from Sticky Fingers but still a great song and Keith and Mick T are both great on lead guitar. Mick J’s voice is OK on this but he’s far more a rocker than a country singer.

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Gone with a live version here

For me, The Rolling Stones are quite possibly the greatest alt country band of all time. Part of that is because Jagger understands country music and sings it better than anyone has ever given him credit for...but he also understands that staying true to who he actually is makes him a perfect alt-country vocalist. The rest of the band gets it as well. Dead Flowers is an almost perfect country song.

The Stones have a great number of country tracks. I have long maintained that they should release a compilation of country songs...it would be a lot bigger than you might think...and it would be a pretty great album. It would hopefully look something like this:

No Expectations
Far Away Eyes
Sweet Black Angel
Country Honk
Factory Girl
Dead Flowers
Let It Bleed
No Spare Parts
Dear Doctor
Blinded By Love
High And Dry
Sweet Virginia
Indian Girl
Prodigal Son
Salt Of The Earth
Sweethearts Together
Love In Vain
Torn And Frayed
Wild Horses
You Got The Silver
Do You Really Think I Care

...and there are several more.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Wed, 6 May 2026 03:31:04 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 05/06/2026 07:31

Dead Flowers

The Stones go Country Rock. Pretty much a warmup track for what was to come with Exile a couple of years later.

Not my favourite track from Sticky Fingers but still a great song and Keith and Mick T are both great on lead guitar. Mick J’s voice is OK on this but he’s far more a rocker than a country singer.

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Gone with a live version here

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Sun, 3 May 2026 04:21:44 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 05/03/2026 08:21

Sister Morphine

I hadn’t realised that Marianne Faithfull released this track prior to the Stones putting this on Sticky Fingers. I love her version, which includes contribution from Mick, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzsche and Charlie. What a lineup so I’ve included it here as well as the Stones version.

The Stones' version, with slightly different lyrics, featured Mick on vocals, Keith on acoustic guitar, Ry Cooder on slide guitar and Jack Nitzsche on piano, Bill Wyman on bass, and Watts again on drums. What a lineup again

Definitely one of the Stones greatest tracks. Sleazy and brilliant

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Weirdly I could only find that remix on YouTube but it's still great

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:12:27 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/28/2026 07:12

I Got The Blues

Slow-paced and bluesy and harks back to the bands’ early influences with solid blues and gospel influences running through the track. I love the organ at about 2 /3 of the way through and Mick's vocals are top draw

Really great track

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Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:28:12 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/20/2026 18:28

Johnnyo wrote:

Ahhh well. April is going to be a different format. Rather than an album we are going to choose individual tracks from the 70's by female artists.

The group is rather dominated by albums by male artists so wanted to highlight some of the great music by female artists.

Still thinking of the tracks to put forward. We get two each and see how many we can get through in the 90 minute session

The second one will probably be

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Whereas this one got a universal �'�

No surprise there.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:26:40 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/20/2026 18:26

Johnnyo wrote:

This is the first track that I am considering

If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up by Betty Davis

Not to be confused with the Hollywood actress. This is Betty Davis, the singer, performer, a funk pioneer and a great songwriter.

She was also the wife of Miles Davis (I only mention this to make the following point). The fact that she was married to one of the greatest musicians of all time can often overshadow what a great artist she was in her own right which is extremely unfair.

This is one of her most well-known tracks from her 1973 self titled debut album.

It’s quintessential Betty Davis with her raw and sexually charged funk sound that she did so very well

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Had our music session and both tracks that I put forward got played. This one got a mixed reception. I was surprised that it was such a marmite track. Basically, people either loved or hated it.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:58:35 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/20/2026 07:58

Bitch

A really hard rocker from the Stones here. It doesn’t let up from start to finish. Great use of horns / brass again which is a feature running throughout the whole album. The thing with the use of brass, it’s used very, very well on Sticky Fingers. Not too much, just enough. A goldilocks moment if you will

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Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 10:02:18 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/07/2026 14:02

You Gotta Move

I’m not sure how many people were familiar with this Fred McDowell song, but I don’t think that the songs covering it did it any harm.

At the end of the day, the Stones are a blues band and I really like this rendition of a blues staple. I know that I mention Mick Taylor a lot but his slide guitar playing here is fantastic. I’ve heard this track referred to as a filler. That’s simply bo***cks. It’s a great track, performed well and fits the album perfectly.

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Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 14:50:28 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/05/2026 18:50

AAL2014 wrote:

My favorite Stones record. I think this is the one where they combine all the elements they do to the best of their ability. But it still all comes together to feel as “Stones” as anything.

mine too.

it's quintessentially stones and the best line up that the band ever had. Mick Taylor was a phenomenal guitarist.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

AAL2014 — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:42:30 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 04/05/2026 17:42

My favorite Stones record. I think this is the one where they combine all the elements they do to the best of their ability. But it still all comes together to feel as “Stones” as anything.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 04:50:14 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/04/2026 08:50

Can't You Hear My Knocking

According to one source on Wiki, "The entire track was captured in one take, with the jam being a happy accident; the band had assumed the tape machine had been stopped, and were surprised to find the entire session had been captured. Originally, they were going to end the song before the jam started, but were so pleased with the jam that they decided to keep it in."

For me, this is the standout track from the album and quite rightly gets a 100 / 100 from me. It’s seven minutes of pure genius and happy coincidence. Spontaneous joy and raw playing. You have to love the latin feel to the second half of the track led my Mick Taylor.

The song opens with one of Keith Richards' most iconic riffs, and is one of my favourite guitar openers of all time.

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Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Wed, 1 Apr 2026 04:23:33 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/01/2026 08:23

Wild Horses

Another one of the 100 / 100 songs on this album. A fantastic country-rock ballad and a great counterpoint after the first two songs.

It’s a song that feels incredibly emotional to me with a beautiful melody and great acoustic guitar from Keith. You also must pay tribute to Mick’s vocals. Painfully beautiful.

It’s one of those songs that hard to quantify why I love it so much. On the surface it’s incredibly simple compared to other Stones songs, a little like Yesterday (The Beatles) but it grabs you somewhere deep inside and doesn’t let go.

Haven't been able to find a YouTube that I can successful post yet. will keep trying.

Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:43:01 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 03/30/2026 13:43

Johnnyo wrote:

The second one will probably be

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Re: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Johnnyo — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:58:04 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 03/28/2026 08:58

Johnnyo wrote: